SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEE
MATINS: 8:15 a.m. 
LITURGY: 9:30 a.m. 
EPISTLE: II Timothy 3:10-15
GOSPEL: Luke 18:10-14
GREEK TEXT p. 172 
ACOLYTES: Team A 
PROSFORA: Paula Kappos  
PANGARI: Team  B: Jason Berry, William Raybuck, Marguarite Stephanopoulos
MEMORIALS: 10:45 a.m. - 5 year Memorial for Michael Frangos, the loving husband of Filoula, the father of Steve & Nicholas
                      10:45 a.m. - 5 year Memorial for Norbert Goss
                      10:45 a.m. - 18 year Memorial for Eleni Tartara
                      10:45 a.m. - 50 year Memorial for Emmanuel Tartara
COFFEE HOUR: Hosted by the Frangos and Tartara Families

STREAMING SERVICE:   youtube.com/stsconstantine

Mon, Feb. 6th   -  6:30 p.m. - Basketball (offsite)
                           -  7:30 p.m. - Adult Beginner's Greek
                           -  7:30 p.m. - Gamblers Anonymous 
Tues, Feb. 7th   - 6:30 p.m. - OPA Dance 
Weds, Feb. 8th   - 9:30 a.m. - St. Makrina Zoom Bible Study
                           - 6:30 p.m. - Basketball (offsite)
                           - 7:00 p.m. - Adult Intermediate Greek
Thurs, Feb. 9th  - 10:30 a.m. - Adult Intermediate Online 
                           - 11:30 a.m. - Adult Beginner's Online
Fri, Feb. 10th     - 9:30 a.m. - Liturgy (St Haralambos)
                           - 7:00 p.m. - Greek Name Signs workshop
Sat, Feb. 11th      - 9:30 a.m. - Greek Kindergarten 
                           - 10:00 a.m. - Greek School
                           -  5:00 p.m. - Vespers (& Confessions)
Sun, Feb. 12th    - 8:15 a.m. - Matins 
                           -  9:30 a.m. - Liturgy  
                           - 10:45 a.m. - 40 Day Memorial: Chris Doufopoulos      
                           - 10:45 a.m. - 6 month Memorial: Marrion Demore  
                           - 10:45 a.m. - 1 year Memorial: Harry Arastaris  

We’re happy you’ve joined us today. Please sign our guestbook and introduce yourself to one of our greeters or anyone wearing a nametag. We’re here to answer your questions and make your visit to our church meaningful and enjoyable.

Everyone is welcome in the Orthodox Church & may receive the blessed bread (antidoron) at the end of the service, but only practicing Orthodox Christians may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Those wishing to follow the livestreamed services with a written text may do so using the links below.
Electronic Version of Orthros (Matins) on Feb. 5th:

• dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/p/s/2023/02/05/ma/gr-en/se.m02.d05.ma.pdf

Electronic Version of Divine Liturgy on Feb. 5h:

• dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/h/s/2023/02/05/ma/gr-en/index.html

We are pleased to welcome everyone back for the new year. We have returned to the 11:30 am. timeslot, and our speaker will be Dr. Michael Manos on the topic “St. Anthony”.

The Orthodox Christian Community of Greater Cleveland and Lorain will soon be honoring the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the first Sunday of the Great Fast. A celebration of this triumph of our Faith will take place on the evening of 05 March 2023, at 5:00pm. This service of Great Vespers will be hosted by Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (OCA), located at 6822 Broadview Road, Parma, Ohio 44134. His Grace, the Right Reverend Andrei, Bishop of Cleveland and Auxiliary to the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA), will preside as well as offer the homily.

If you wish to donate, we ask that you make checks payable to the “Greater Cleveland Council of Orthodox Clergy,” or simply the “GCCOC.” Checks can either be given to your parish priest, or they can be mailed to the address below no later than 26 February 2023.

GCCOC, c/o St. Innocent Orthodox Church
PO Box 38208
Olmsted Falls, Ohio 44138

2023 Pledge Forms have been sent out. If you didn’t receive yours or need another, they are available on our website or in the office.

Tithe.ly is an online giving tool that makes it simple to safely/securely give to your church anywhere at any time. No downloads required; simply visit the Sts. Constantine and Helen homepage, and click the green Give Now button at the upper right of the page. Your gift goes directly to the church, and is an easy way to make your donation by credit card. However, please be aware that if you choose not to cover the fee, it will be deducted from your donation.

PLEASE NOTE as well that if you’ve set up a recurring donation on Tithe.ly, it’s time to update your pledge for this year. It did NOT automatically change to the current year’s Stewardship Fund, so please make sure your gift is being allocated as intended - some of you still have donations coming in tagged for 2021!

Invites all to join us every Wednesday, from 9:30-11am.
Our next book to read and discuss is:
Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life, by WD Taylor.
Contact Toni Madden at tmadden722@gmail.com for the Zoom link. We encourage you to join us!

We are reading and discussing: Metropolitan Anthony Bloom’s book "Beginning To Pray". This book is a classic written for people at all levels of spiritual development.

We began our Zoom discussion as of January 11th on Wednesday evenings at 7-8pm for 6 weeks. If interested, contact Cynthia Terezis by email at cterezis@aol.com to be added to the Zoom email invite. Books are available through Ancientfaith.com or Amazon

The Parish Council requests nominations for the 2023 St. Photios Award. This is an honor bestowed annually on two people from each parish by the Metropolis of Pittsburgh. The intent is to honor "unsung heroes," who serve the parish in many ways.

Past recipients include the following:

• 2022 (2020)- Dick Warren & Irene Theodore;
• 2019- George Kappos & Chris Tartara;
• 2018- Elaine Joaquin & Mary Lambert;
• 2017- Anna Warren & Katherine Kartalis;
• 2016- Emily Miklis & James Huebner;
• 2015- Helen Carbon (+2018) & Paul Fikaris;
• 2014- Agnes Goss & Bill Mavrakis.

Nominations may be submitted to frstephen@stsconstantine.com or to any Parish Council member, no later than February 15.

Evening Prayer Sessions  

The Faith In Action group has Evening Prayer Sessions Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday of each week at 8:30pm (EST) for all those interested.
Zoom link: https://cwru.zoom.us/j/8671878236?pwd=ajgvNWRwQ3NQcmlSZTc4MmFWRU4wdz09
Meeting ID: 867 187 8236 Passcode: Jesus
One tap mobile: +13126266799,,8671878236# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,8671878236# US (New York).

• Feb. 5th -  Godparent Sunday. Godparents are really special people.  Invite your godparent to church next Sunday!  Orthodox Education students made invites to send their godparent (or a loved one if a godparent is not available) to join them in class this day.
• Feb. 12th - OE Classes: Clergy visit high school class

Our church oratorical festival will be Sunday, March 12th.  OE students in grades 5-12 will receive information on participation today. It would be wonderful if all students become orators and learn more about our faith!  We hope to have a mentor for each participant. If you are interested in mentoring please call Maria Misthos (440-552-3270).  Finally, please mark the date on your calendar to join us for lunch to support our youth!

1)  GOYA is invited to a regional Valentine's Dance hosted by St. Paul, North Royalton on Friday, February 10th from 7:30 p.m. - 12:00 midnight. Semi-formal attire is requested, and tickets are $15 per person. RSVP ahead of time to goya@stpaulgoc.org. Any questions may be directed to the same email or to Ted.

2) Orthodoxy on Tap (ages 21 - 35ish) will have its next meeting on Saturday, February 11th @ 6:00 p.m. at St. Luke the Evangelist Church, Bainbridge. Fr. Matthew Thurman will be hosting and speaking. To participate, RSVP to gorealcleveland@gmail.com by Monday, February 6th. Pizza will be provided; participants are encouraged to bring their own beverages.

3) GOYA will have its annual end-of-basketball "banquet" on Saturday, February 25th from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The event will feature Vespers, a potluck supper, and emotional speeches from the coaches. Save the date, and come hungry!

4)  A regional HOPE/JOY (K - 6th grade) retreat will be hosted by St. Paul, North Royalton on Saturday, March 4th from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The retreat theme will be, "The Sundays of Lent." Activities will include craft, service projects, and lunch. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/hopejoyretreat. Contact Soci Phyrillas aphyrillas@stpaulgoc.org with any questions.

5) Registration for the 2023 GOYA Spring Retreat @ Camp Nazareth is now live! The event will be March 31st - April 2nd. Camp Naz can and does sell out, so please reserve your spots quickly. Contact Fr. Stephen for parish scholarship codes, and Ted about the St. Cons carpool.

If you've been to church lately, you may have noticed a lot of changes. One of these affects Ted Cherpas, our Director of Youth Ministries, who now has an office at the east end of the hall (the old Festival office). And a new office means a new phone - you can now reach him at Phone: 216-932-3300 x5.

The Philoptochos Daffodil Luncheon will be held on APRIL 1, 2023. The Metropolis of Pittsburgh Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society’s Daffodil Luncheon is the largest fundraiser to support our organization. This year, we are committing 2/3 of the profits from our Daffodil Luncheon to Social Services and 1/3 to the “Seminarians of our Future Scholarship Fund”. We are asking for your support through sponsorship of the Daffodil Luncheon. We will recognize all sponsors in our event program. Please contact Anna Vedouras (216) 235-2798 or annavedouras@gmail.com with any questions.

We have restarted OPA after a long hiatus, and invite all to join us for dancing and parea.  We meet every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Note that as of this week, we will be moving to the Fellowship Hall while the gym floor is being refinished.

Akron area Orthodox Christian Women are sponsoring a Lenten Retreat from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 18th, at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Mogadore. Our speaker will be Rev. Nicholas Halkias on the topic, “The Prayer of St. Ephraim”. Tickets include Continental Breakfast, Morning Session, Lenten Lunch, and Afternoon Session. RSVP by Friday, March 10, 2023 and make checks payable to OCW. Remit to:
Pat Gorsuch
124 Beech St., Doylestown, OH 44230
For more information call: Sandy Menhorn 330-354-7792 or Nancy Studebaker 330-655-9638